Sir Francis Walsingham
Subtitle: Courtier in an Age of Terror
By: Derek Wilson
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781472112484
Subjects: History; HISTORY; British Espionage; Courts and courtiers; Court and courtiers; Biography; Statesmen
Description: During the brief reign of the Queen Mary, Walsingham was a Protestant exile in Italy. Returning home when Elizabeth assumed the throne, from 1570 he became a diplomat to the arch-pragmatist Queen. He was often troubled by her inconsistent policy decisions and for allowing the exile in England of Mary Queen of Scots. His triumph came in 1587 when Mary was at last beheaded after the cunning defeat of the Babington plot. A powerful, if enigmatic figure, loathed by his adversaries and deeply admired by friends and allies, Walsingham became the master co-ordinator of a feared pan-European spy.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: August 1572, Death in Paris; 1 Background and Beginnings, 1532-53; 2 Travel and Travail, 1553-8; 3 'The Malice of This Present Time', 1558-69; 4 'In Truth a Very Wise Person', 1569-73; 5 'To Govern that Noble Ship', England, 1574-80; 6 'God Open Her Majesty's Eyes': Foreign Affairs, 1578-80; 7 'She Seemeth to be Very Earnestly Bent to Proceed', 1581-4; 8 'Be You All Stout and Resolute', 1584-8; 9 No Tomb, 1587-90; Notes; Bibliography; Index.